On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 8:55 AM, Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> For the tuple classes, it would be possible to make an entire tuples > library. Might be handy to generate code for it as it'd be useful to > support tuples up to, say, 22 fields (Scala has tuple classes and anonymous > function classes up to 22 arguments, for example). See < > https://www.scala-lang.org/api/current/scala/Tuple22.html>. > > If we go to Java 8 as a base line (which would make sense), we don't need a > commons-date library anymore, though if we did, it would be based on the > java.time API instead. Not sure which functionality would be useful here. > +1 to Java 8 and covering java.time. It seems like the 3.x line will be alive for a long time and that we might want to stick to bug fixes only there once 4.0 is out, depending on who might volunteer to RM. Gary > > For commons-concurrent and -system, I like the ideas. As for -reflection > versus -beanutils, perhaps some exploration toward merging the two could be > made? > > On 22 May 2017 at 06:47, Rob Tompkins <chtom...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > On May 21, 2017, at 7:56 PM, Benedikt Ritter <brit...@apache.org> > wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I think the time has come to start thinking about Lang 4.0. A new major > > release is a chance to clean up stuff and get rid of APIs we don’t need > > anymore/don’t want to maintain anymore. Lang has become rather large. > It’s > > description still is > > > > > > „Lang provides a host of helper utilities for the java.lang API […]" > > > > > > When I look at Lang I see a lot of stuff which has nothing to do with > > the java.lang package. I think our aim for 4.0 should be to get back to > > that again. I like the approach we took with math. Splitting a large > > package down into smaller individual components is a good idea. So my > > proposal is to split out more new components from Lang like we did with > > commons-text and deprecate that stuff in lang. Then we can start with > Lang > > 4.0 and remove all that stuff. > > > > > > Here are some components I think we could extract from Lang: > > > > > > - commons-system: a library focused on working with system properties > > and detection of the operation system, system’s architecture and Java > > version > > > - commons-concurrent: a library providing additional abstractions and > > implementations for the java.util.concurrent package > > > - commons-reflect: a library which helps working with reflection (where > > is the line to beanutils here?) > > > - commons-date: a library which helps working with the java.util.Date > > and java.util.Calendar APIs > > > > > > Furthermore I’d remove the o.a.c.lang3.event package. The stuff in > > o.a.c.lang3.math could maybe find a new home in one of the commons-math > > components. > > > > > > The o.a.c.lang3.builder package fits into Lang 4.0 but I’d rename it to > > o.a.c.lang4.object (if that’s possible). Further more I’d remove the > > Builder interface. > > > > > > The o.a.c.lang3.mutable and o.a.c.lang3.tuple package as well as the > > o.a.c.lang3.exception package can stay as they are. > > > > > > WDYT? > > > > The only thing that occurs to me is that we should make sure that Java 9 > > is fully in general availability before releasing 4.0. > > > > > Benedikt > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > > > > > > -- > Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> > -- E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition <https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1617290459/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1617290459&linkCode=as2&tag=garygregory-20&linkId=cadb800f39946ec62ea2b1af9fe6a2b8> <http:////ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=garygregory-20&l=am2&o=1&a=1617290459> JUnit in Action, Second Edition <https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1935182021/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1935182021&linkCode=as2&tag=garygregory-20&linkId=31ecd1f6b6d1eaf8886ac902a24de418%22> <http:////ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=garygregory-20&l=am2&o=1&a=1935182021> Spring Batch in Action <https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1935182951/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1935182951&linkCode=%7B%7BlinkCode%7D%7D&tag=garygregory-20&linkId=%7B%7Blink_id%7D%7D%22%3ESpring+Batch+in+Action> <http:////ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=garygregory-20&l=am2&o=1&a=1935182951> Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com Home: http://garygregory.com/ Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory
